We woke up to the sound of a light rain on top of the camper. After some oatmeal we packed up our bikes and got ready to get back on the road. We had thought about staying at the campground through the weekend because we knew that it was supposed to rain, but we figured it would be best if we got going to get some miles in. Jewel Cave was a destination on our itinerary so we hoped that we would make it there by 3pm for the last tour. We left the campground around 10. It wasn't really raining when we left, just a little cloudy. We were both glad that we had an opportunity to ride to Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse with unloaded bikes because we were moving a lot slower on the hills today with all of our bags on the bikes. For most of the uphill ride to Custer it there was a light rain that would come and go. A few hours later when we made it to Custer and it was raining pretty good; the temperature had also dropped since we were at a higher elevation. We went to Subway for lunch and then to the Dakotamart to do some grocery shopping since we were pretty much empty on food. There was no way that we were going to make it to Jewel Cave today, we should have left earlier this morning. With the rain and cold we may skip going to the cave and just head towards Hot Springs tomorrow. Although we thought we would make it further today, we ended up deciding to call it a day early and just stay in Custer because of the rain. We took a room at the Days Inn. Only a couple hours after being there it snowed for a short time and is supposed snow some more tonight, with a possible accumulation of a couple inches tonight, so I guess it was good that we decided to take a room. We watched a movie and made some Ramen Noodles in the microwave for dinner. While we were eating, we met a couple ladies from Arizona who had family in Niagara Falls and a few places in Wayne County, what a small world! We can't wait for the continental breakfast in the morning. Although we didn't get very far, at least we got 20.84 miles further down the road.
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